Catamenial-sack supporter



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ABB/AHM SMITH, OlE NEW YORK, N. Y., SSIGNOR OlE ONE-l? T0 DE, SMITH, 01E NlENlT YORK, hl'. Y.

CATmAJL-SACK SUPIPUBITER.

Application tiled November 18, 1922. Serial Ille. 661,748.

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directed to a novel form of belt possessing the following characteristic features and advantages. i

1) The belt is provided with means for its adjustment to any degree about the waist of the user.

(2) 'lhough composed of elastic webbing and of considerable width with a rear strap 2o slidably adjustable by a loop thereon, the

belt is prevented from saggingK or dragging by reason of stid'ening means located within the loop. I i A (3) 'llhe front portion `ot the belt is pro- 25 vided with a tab of inelastic material having a strap depending therefrom.

(t) Buckles of specially devised lform are carried by the front and rear straps, and are adapted to lie dat against the body of the no wearer, serving to rictionally engage and retain the towel to be used with the device.

Other features and advantages ot my in-A wention will hereinafter appear.

lin the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective elevation et my invention. 't'

lFig. 2 is a partial view, enlarged, shone ri the back portion of the slidable loop with the belt engaged by the stiening means eo therein.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3--8 et Fig. 1, and v ig. d is a section on the line t--t of Fig. 1, illustratingthe means whe et a 4o towel is engaged by a buckle.-

' lln said figures, 1 indicates a belt composed of elastic webbing'. This belt may be of considerable width to add to the comfort with which it may be worn; @ne end of the 50 belt is sewn to one side edge 2 of a trout tab 3 of non-elastic material, which has a pendent portion 4t; and to this portion l is sewn a strap loop 5, as ot elastic web` bing, with which is en aged a buckle 6.

to The opposite side edge? o thetabisformed into a loop which engages a buckle 8, whose central bar 9, which is provided with re` taining teeth 9', receives the folded over, tree `end 10 of the belt, this tree end passing thence under the forward bar'11 of the in buckle, to thereby frictionally retain the belt fastened when drawn about the wearers waist. The free terminal portion of the belt may be confiningly introduced beneath etrap 12 which is slidably lit-ted over the Slidably adjustable over the belt, at its rear portion, is a strap member composed of a double length of elastic webbing, which is sewn transversely intermediate its length, as at 13, to thereby constitute the upper loop 1t, by which the member is titted over the belt, and the lower pendent loop 15, in whose terminal portion a buckle 16 is engaged.

Spread within the loop 14 is a shape maintaining device composed of dat, stid material, having the central vertical bar 17 and the opposite, side bars 18, 18 in spaced relation therewith. rllhe bars 17 and 18 are connected at top by a bar 19, and at bottom by the angularly disposed arms 20, 20, which diver e 'downwardly from their junction with bar 1 to their respective points of connection with the bars 18. lhe bar 17 termi'- nates at its lower end in the points or teeth 21 which lie within the horizontal plane torg the base line of bars 18. I

This stdening member is of sucient height to tit lsnugly within the loop 14:, to prevent it from wrinkling. 'llhe belt 1 is threaded between the bars 17w and 18, in the manner indicated in Fig. 2, and. when the loop is suitably adjusted upon'the belt, as by sliit thereover, the belt in this action tt ing drawn through the bars 17, 18, then the teeth 21 are pressed into engagement with the material of the belt, to maintain the extended width thereof, for which purpose the teeth may be bent slightly in the direc- 1 tion of the belt, whereby the loop becomes localized upon the belt, and will not shift from its set position.

The buckles 6 and 16 are alike, each havi ing a central bar 23 and opposite side bars tw 2t, 25, in spaced relation therewith.

The bar 2t is adapted to lie upon the outer surface of its strap and is provided with rearward teeth 26; while the forward bar 25 projects beyond the end of the loop.

'titl i Lemans Hence, secure rictional engagement ont towel, as 27, is had by each of the buckles, by

passing a towel end first under bar 25 andy the opposite direction, leaving the towel end projected beyond bar25. In this action the towel is to be drawn to a desired moderate degree of tension, and it will be firmly held in position by its frictional engagement in the buckle, aided by the support it receives against the body of the wearer.

With the means of towel engagement by the front and rear buckles it will be readily appreciated that adjustment thereof can be quickly and conveniently effected to apply the towel with the requlsite degree of tension, and to loosen it` while in use, when desirable. Also it will be found that with my improved connecting means the towels may be changed with great facility.

Variations within t/he spirit and scope of my invention areegually comprehended by vthe foregoing disclosure.

ll claim 1, ln a catamenial sack supporter, in combination, a relatively broad belt having a fixedpendent tab at its forward portion,-

said tab carryin towel engaging means, a looped member s idably adjustable upon the belt at its rear portion, said looped 'member also carrying towel engaging means, and a relatively stiff member fitted within said looped member to maintain its form, said relatively stili' member having means of removable engagement with the belt.

2. In a catamenial sack supporter, in com-- bination, a relatively broad belt, a towel engaging strap having a loop by which it is slidably adjustable on the belt, a brace of stiff at material fitted Within the loop, to

- maintain its height, means in said brace for the slidable reception of the belt, and means upon the brace for removably engaging the belt to localize the strapthereon.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county and State of New York, this 10th day of November, 1922. j

ABRAHAM L. SMITH. 

